It’s a great feeling to finally put some results on the score card after a long training block. Anyone who knows me also knows I was chomping at the bits to get back to racing. I’ve had a few disappointments mid season this year. One: not being selected on the Welsh Commonwealth Games Individual Triathlon [...]
Unfortunately I will not be representing Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It’s disappointing on so many levels. There were three positions available on the Welsh team, however only two Welsh women were chosen: the very talented Non Stanford and Helen Jenkins. In November last year, it was made clear by selectors that [...]
For me, this year started out like no other, but to the rest of the world, it was business as usual and I was living up to two world championship titles. At least this is what it felt like to me. Feeling these expectations, I wanted to get back onto the race circuit as soon [...]
It’s a week away from one of the biggest events on the triathlon calendar: the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawaii. I have been on the Big Island of Kona for the last 3 weeks putting together my final preparations for my “A” race of the year. And when I say “A” race, this is [...]
Just finishing the IM 70.3 Boulder on the weekend was more of an achievement for me than my eventual 2nd place. This is mostly because a week prior to the race, I reached a breaking point with my injury and for the first time I can remember, something other than race competition defeated me and [...]
IM 70.3 St. George will go down in my book as the toughest 70.3’s I have ever done and also one of the prettiest. In the past this was a full Ironman distance and all my respect to those who managed to conquer this beast of a race back then! I heard all about how [...]
Since turning to long course racing, early season form has never been my focus. For this reason, despite the high expectations triathlon media and fans have placed on me, I am actually happy with my 6th place in the Ironman 70.3 San Juan this past weekend. It is impossible to stay in peak form all [...]
There is a saying that goes something like this: “You are only as good as your last race”. But if you dont mind, I would like to forget this one! There is a lot to be said for taking an off season. It is a way to allow the body and mind to recover from [...]
Canyon Bicycles and Leanda Cave, who is currently the world’s best female triathlete over the middle and long distances as well as the reigning “Queen of Kona, will be embarking on a new cooperation in 2013. Her new tool of the trade is the time-trial bike Speedmax CF, which has already won several awards. The [...]
My first attempt at Ironman was in 2007 and it happened to be at the Ironman World Championships. Before the race I made a bold statement to the world on the NBC coverage stating that “I would one day win this event. It may not be this year, but it will happen.” After the race [...]
